I don't really unwind after a performance. I'm still pumped up and just want to get back on stage.

I never want to pick an easy song. I want to continue to challenge myself vocally.

For me the voice is the most important, but making your singing believable makes a great performer.

I would like my album to be on the pop side with a little bit of soul. I would like to make music that is on the top of the charts right now.

You get up each morning and do what you can to survive. Nothing else is true, and nothing else matters.

The greatest leaders are the greatest servants.

People sometimes pay with their lives for saying aloud what they think. In fact, one can even get killed for giving me information. I am not the only one in danger. I have examples that prove it.

Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.

Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer.

I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

people like to keep their little secrets to themselves. It's like growing mushrooms in the cellar and running down to take a look at them now and then.

We can't nominate such a weak candidate. I'd love to be able to get one-on-one with Gov. Romney and expose the record that would be the weakest record we could possibly put up against Barack Obama.

Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far.

When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.